張文宏發(fā)出警告：奧密克戎不是大號(hào)流感，它會(huì)咬人

The fast-spreading Omicron variant should not be treated like influenza, because it can pose severe risks to unvaccinated people and its long-term effects on recovered patients still remain unclear, health experts said.

公共衛(wèi)生專(zhuān)家表示，我們不應(yīng)該把快速傳播的奧密克戎變異株當(dāng)作流感一樣對(duì)待。因?yàn)樗赡軙?huì)對(duì)未接種疫苗的人造成嚴(yán)重威脅，而對(duì)于感染后痊愈的患者，奧密克戎帶來(lái)的后遺癥仍不得而知。

As the new strain has swept the world and caused several outbreaks in China, Chinese experts have called for accelerated efforts to expand vaccination and resolutely adhere to the country's science-based virus control strategy.

隨著這一新毒株席卷全球并幾次在中國(guó)爆發(fā)，國(guó)內(nèi)專(zhuān)家呼吁要加快擴(kuò)大疫苗接種范圍，并堅(jiān)持中國(guó)建立在科學(xué)基礎(chǔ)上的疫情防控政策。

"Omicron is not a 'big flu', and it can bite, especially for people without strong immunity," Zhang Wenhong, leader of the COVID-19 treatment expert team of Shanghai and head of Fudan University Huashan Hospital's infectious disease department, said at a science forum in Shanghai last week.

上周，在上海舉行的光華科技公益論壇上，上海市新冠肺炎臨床救治專(zhuān)家組組長(zhǎng)、復(fù)旦大學(xué)附屬華山醫(yī)院感染科主任張文宏表示：“如果你沒(méi)有強(qiáng)大的免疫能力，奧密克戎不是‘大號(hào)流感’，它是會(huì)咬人的?！?/p>

Image▲ Zhang Wenhong, head of the Center for Infectious Diseases with the Shanghai-based Huashan Hospital of Fudan University, takes an interview on July 30, 2020. Photo/Xinhua

2020年7月30日，復(fù)旦大學(xué)附屬華山醫(yī)院感染科主任張文宏接受采訪。（圖源：新華社）

He said that successfully fending off the threat of Omicron requires building robust herd immunity and preparing sufficient medical resources.

張文宏表示，一個(gè)國(guó)家和地區(qū)需要強(qiáng)大的免疫屏障和醫(yī)療資源，才能成功抵御奧密克戎的威脅。

Some Western countries, despite a significant increase in daily new infections, have managed to lower their COVID-19 death rates because of high vaccination coverage, according to Zhang.

他認(rèn)為，盡管一些西方國(guó)家每天都有大量的新增感染病例，但由于疫苗覆蓋范圍廣，他們還是成功降低了新冠病毒的致死率。

"We should further expand initial immunization and the rolling out of booster shots," he said at the forum. "Meanwhile, it is important to ensure adequate provision of healthcare resources in different regions so that immunocompromised people infected with the novel coronavirus can be treated effectively."

張文宏在論壇上表示：“除了不斷提高疫苗兩針及以上的接種率，確保醫(yī)療資源的充分供給也十分重要，這樣才能對(duì)免疫力低下的感染者進(jìn)行充分救治?！?/p>

Initial studies from global researchers have suggested that the Omicron variant more readily infects the upper respiratory tract and may not attack the lungs as much as other strains.

全球初步研究表明，奧密克戎似乎更容易感染上呼吸道，而不會(huì)像先前毒株那樣輕易感染肺部。

However, the new strain remains a serious global health risk due to its high transmissibility and potential to evade vaccine-induced immunity.

但由于較強(qiáng)的傳染性和逃避疫苗誘導(dǎo)免疫的能力，奧密克戎仍對(duì)全球健康構(gòu)成嚴(yán)重的威脅。

The World Health Organization said in a news briefing released on Tuesday that it recorded 15 million new COVID-19 cases worldwide last week, the highest number of cases reported in a single week. The Omicron variant is rapidly displacing the Delta variant in all countries, it added.

世界衛(wèi)生組織在本周二的新聞發(fā)布會(huì)上表示，上周世界各地報(bào)告的新增新冠肺炎確診病例超過(guò)1500萬(wàn)例，單周新增確診病例數(shù)創(chuàng)新高。在所有的國(guó)家，奧密克戎正在迅速取代德?tīng)査?/p>

Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO's technical lead on COVID-19, said recently on social media, "While some reports show a reduced risk of hospitalization of Omicron compared to Delta, there are still far too many people infected, in hospital sick & dying from Omicron (& Delta)".

世衛(wèi)組織緊急項(xiàng)目技術(shù)主管瑪麗亞·范·科霍夫近日在社交媒體上稱(chēng)，“雖然一些報(bào)告顯示，奧密克戎導(dǎo)致的住院率略低于德?tīng)査杂刑嗳烁腥?，生病住院，或死于奧密克戎（和德?tīng)査?。?/p>

In another post on social media, she said:"Omicron is not mild. Omicron is not flu or the common cold. SARS-CoV-2 is not endemic yet. Now is not the time to give up," she said.

另一則貼文中，她說(shuō)：“奧密克戎并不溫和，它不是流感或普通感冒。新冠病毒還不是地區(qū)性流行病?，F(xiàn)在還不是懈怠的時(shí)候?！?/p>

In China, the Omicron variant has triggered a domestic outbreak concentrated in Tianjin municipality and Henan province. A number of regions have also detected imported infections with the new strain.

中國(guó)天津市和河南省出現(xiàn)了奧密克戎本土病例，一些地區(qū)還出現(xiàn)了境外輸入病例。

Zhang Boli, an academician with the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a top traditional Chinese medicine expert, said the Omicron variant appears to be more elusive and to spread more easily.

中國(guó)工程院院士、頂級(jí)中醫(yī)藥專(zhuān)家張伯禮表示，奧密克戎變種似乎更加難以琢磨，也更容易傳播。

"Although most local patients only have mild symptoms, it is not appropriate to treat it as a 'big common cold'," he said. "Data from overseas have shown that a large number of Omicron patients have exhibited lingering effects after recovery, and the proportion is higher than that for influenza."

張伯禮說(shuō)：“雖然大多數(shù)本地患者癥狀比較輕，但說(shuō)奧密克戎是‘大號(hào)流感’是不恰當(dāng)?shù)?。在?guó)外，有相當(dāng)一批病人，出現(xiàn)了‘持續(xù)癥狀’，或者后遺癥，出現(xiàn)的還是比較多的，而一般的流感不會(huì)這么多?！?/p>

As a result, it would be irresponsible to loosen virus control restrictions, Zhang said, adding that China's "zero-COVID-19" policy should be capable of tackling the new strain's local spread.

因此，他覺(jué)得放松疫情防控的做法是不負(fù)責(zé)任的。張伯禮補(bǔ)充道，中國(guó)“動(dòng)態(tài)清零”的政策可以應(yīng)對(duì)奧密克戎在國(guó)內(nèi)的傳播。

"Mass vaccination should be ramped up further, as vaccines' effect in preventing serious cases and deaths remains strong," he said.

他說(shuō)：“由于疫苗可以有效預(yù)防重癥和死亡病例的出現(xiàn)，我們應(yīng)進(jìn)一步加強(qiáng)大規(guī)模的疫苗接種戰(zhàn)略?！?/p>

According to the National Health Commission, China had administered more than 2.9 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines as of Tuesday.

國(guó)家衛(wèi)健委11日通報(bào)，全國(guó)新冠疫苗接種劑次超29億。